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Well it is taken quite a bit to get to this point but the ninth ninth annual mock off season is now underway and we are definitely under the cone we got a lot to get done here on this Tuesday before NBA free agency.

Kicks off and want to welcome in all of your favorites let's start with Newark New Jersey's finest Kevin Paul not anymore but like if you don't like to move time back for your team in the mock off season I'm blaming it all on the weather and the greater NYC Metro on Monday.

Well Sunday and Monday actually so the weather was actually perfect on Sunday there were there were very different issues on Sunday but yeah one Monday was no fun.

I'm glad that you are back here to pull the center of gravity of this podcast firmly west of the geographical center of the United States located in northern Kansas the man who threatened to upset that momentarily coming to you live from New Jersey.

Daniela Ruha are you and don't look truck truck and along you know how it is and the man who refuses to recognize the primacy of the one true Pacific time zone Dan Feldman and we're just a couple weeks from me being in Las Vegas for summer league and it's specific time all the way then.

We did if you ever done summer league before I have not done summer league wow it's very rare when we get all all four of us in the same place at the same time.

And by and by rare you mean it has never happened.

We still we still never have designated survivor at the entire time.

Yeah well if Danny is hoping to make it for a brief appearance with the baby this year so it will we are fingers crossed God willing that it will happen this year and I would just.

It's almost harder to get the four of us together than it will be to get some of these contract negotiations to the finish line.

Don't don't you say Danny don't don't say that yeah well and I would also recommend that anyone around whatever it is July 9th steer clear of Las Vegas and the resulting black hole or singularity or whatever it is it's going to result from all four of us physically being the same place at the same time.

So with everyone nice and fresh and rested let's get started here we'll do the usual tactic you guys can each go through and list all your teams and where they are financially and what some of your objectives are going to be KP let's start with you.

You've forgotten one important tradition here you haven't asked us how we're all doing well I was I was hoping to kind of move things along quickly.

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